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From Birch Gold Group When it’s time to retire, you enter into a “realm of the unknown.” You won’t have a job, you’ll likely collect Social Security, and hopefully you’ll have a … Read more
via CNBC: Consumer confidence at present remains strong, but future expectations are plummeting, according to the Conference Board’s latest readings. Such wide gaps often portend significant economic slowdowns ahead. “The … Read more
BY JOHN MAULDIN There’s no end in sight to the trade war between the US and China. Beijing has many tricks up its sleeve. But China’s labor market has its own … Read more
via Andres Cardenal, CFA Summary Nobody can predict bull and bear markets, but some indicators do a sound job at providing capital protection during bear markets. The stock and bond markets … Read more
Hopped in my @Tesla this morning and was delighted to find “romance mode” and a drop-down list of juicy, on demand fart noises, that can be triggered with a wheel … Read more
via Joanna Ossinger A key gauge of S&P 500 Index options activity has tumbled to multiyear lows, which some might see as a signal investors are underhedged. But JPMorgan Chase & … Read more
by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: GATA Chairman Bill Murphy yesterday was interviewed by GoldSeek Radio’s Chris Waltzek, discussing what seems to be the Bank of … Read more
China has been front-loading exports to the US ahead of a looming rise in tariffs in January. Chinese stocks tumbled today on trade war fears and worries about a slowing … Read more
New post, "Weekly Update" on t.co/5LxCifz6tv This signal on the S&P 500 breadth oscillator is relatively weak. pic.twitter.com/RNbbcMfMF8 — Chris Carolan (@spiralcal) September 23, 2018 Since there is an important … Read more
From Birch Gold Group It’s been 10 years since Washington Mutual, Lehman Brothers, and other financial institutions went bust. When that happened, thousands lost their jobs. The real estate market dried … Read more
This is not a signal of global reflation, or synchronised growth, but the evidence of secular stagnation caused by constant demand-side policies. pic.twitter.com/nhcBfnrCED — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) September 17, 2018 … Read more
via Erin Swenlin There were some new developments on the 20-year Bond ETF (TLT) that are tipping the scales bearish. We were already noticing some problems for Bonds in general, but … Read more
by Lance Roberts I have been, and remain, bearish on emerging markets for three reasons: As discussed yesterday, the U.S. is closer to the next economic downturn than not. When the U.S. … Read more
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Michael Lebowitz previously penned an article entitled “Face Off” discussing the message from the bond market as it relates to the stock market and the economy. To … Read more
by stockboardasset Both the Bloomberg Commodity Index <BCOM> and the Thomson Reuters/CoreCommodity Index <CRB> (monthly) have rejected the 50sma. This could mean another deflationary period in commodities is ahead.
by Geoffrey Grider Coming off a contentious NATO summit and a trip to the U.K. in which he seemed to undercut the government of America’s closest ally, President Trump took aim at … Read more